432 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on the EejJtiles and 



Liophis cuhella (non L.), Bouleug. Ann. «& Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xv. p. 194 

 Oj)Jieot)wrj)Ji us fuscus, Co}-)e, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xxii. 1885, p. 190 ; 

 Bouleug. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xvi. p. 297. 



Differs from L. Merremii and L. cohelJa in the greater 

 number of ventrals. This and the following species were 

 confounded by Hensel, and are to be found united in the same 

 bottle (no. 6831) in the Berlin Museum. 



B. M. ; V. I. 



Liophis poecilogyrus. 



Coluher poecilogyrus, Wied, Abbild. 



Liophis Merremii, var. poecilogi/rus, Duin. & Bibr. v. p. 710. 



Liophis reffiiifP, var. sublineatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 252. 



Liophis rexjim-e, var. ornaiissima, Jan, Arch, per la Zool. ii. 1863, p. 296. 



Liophis j)(xciIoyyrus, Jan, Icon. Oph. 17, pi. vi. fig. 1. 



Liophis regina, var. viridicyanea, Jan, /. c. 18, pi. ii. fig. 1. 



Liophis Merremii, part., Hens. I. c. 



Liophis Merremii, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xv. p. 194. 



Opheomorphus meleayris, Cope, Proc, Am. Phil. Soc. xxii. p. 191. 



This form differs from L. Merremii and L. regin in the 

 number of rows of scales, viz. 19 instead of 17. 

 B. M. ; V. I. 



Liophis almadensis. 



Natrix almadensis, Wagl. in Spix, Serp. Bras. p. 30, pi. x, fig. 3. 



Liophis conirostris, Giinth. Cat. Col. Su. p. 46. 



Liophis Wiiyhri, Jan, Arch, per la Zool. ii. 1863, p. 297, and Icon. Oph. 



18, pi. iii. figs. 2, 3. 

 Liophis almadensis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xv. p. 194. 

 Aporophis conirostris, Cope, Proc. Am, Phil. Soc. xxii. p, 191. 



B. M. ; V. I. 



Liophis typhlus. 



Coluber typhlus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 378. 



Xenodon typhlus, Schleg. Serp. ii. p. 94 ; Dum. & Bibr. vii. p. 760. 

 Liophis typhlus, Jan, Arch, per la Zool. ii, 1863, p, 300, and Icon. Oph, 

 18, pi, iv, fig. 2. 



One specimen, from San Lorenzo, was sent by Dr. v. 

 Ihering. 



Deomicus, D. & B. 



a. Eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the orbit ; 

 a pair of yellow lines, separated by three rows of 

 scales, along the back and tail, and extending to the 

 snout Jlavifrenatus. 



b. Nine upper labials ; ventral plates dark-edged melanostigma. 



